Here’s a note from Brad:
“In an average year with 12 inches of rainfall, we harvest over 100,000 gallons of rain a year within the soils of our 1/8-acre site and the surrounding public right-of-way. Yet we (household of 3 people, plus many more using our neighborhood laundromat) use less than 20,000 gallons of municipal/well water a year. This way we give back or infiltrate more water into the community watershed than we take/pump out. That’s key to water sustainability. Give back more than you take.”
Some words to ponder:
Heat Island Effect: is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surroundings.
Bioremediation: any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the environment altered by contaminants to its original condition.
Brad’s website: harvestingrainwater.com
